Machine for actuating fluid



April 2, 1940. N. N. sTRAATvr-:IT

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT ol-l-'icE Nils Nilsen Straatveit, Olio. Norway Application November 22, 1937. Serial No. 175,965 In Norway November 21, 1936 13 Claims. (Cl- 103-53) (Granted nnaer the provisions of sec. 14. ect of Merch z, 1921; 351 o. o. s)

The present invention relates to a machine for According to another embodiment of the inven-l actuating fluid of any kind, liquids as well as tion, the disks or plates may be made of resilient gases. The main object of the present invention material, for instance rubber wherein electric is to provide a machine of this order. a pump or coils areembedded, whereafter these coils' are fed 6 compressor, which will be adapted to actuate with electric current of different phase in the 5 fluids without the means of rotating parts in the same progressive manner as above mentioned, pump or compressor itself or in the means used whereas the same action will be obtained. as prime mover for the same. By constructing a The non-return valve in the said disk may be machine according to the present invention, one constructed in a very simple manner by providing 10 will thus obtain a machine which can act as pump apertures in the disks, staggered in relation to 10 or compressor without having parts which must each other in adjacent disks, s0 that the unperbe oiled or which may be worn, and without parts tured Darts of one disk will cover the apertures which will cause noise. A machine according to 0f the adjacent disks when they are contacting this invention is very valuable in connection with with each other. refrigerating machinery, but may also be used According to a further embodiment of this infor any other pulposes where it is a question of VentiOn, the disks may be provided with a corruestablishirig a high pressure or vacuum or to make gated SectiOnalOng the circumference of the same, a gold move from one place to anotherso that the resiliency thereby will be increased. The machine according tothe present invention 'The disks 0r plates may also be constructed of comprises for this purpose a hollow body with two parts fixed together, and then the middle part 20 inlet and outlet openings and means between said 0f the disk may be 0f Stiff material. While the ciropenlngs folactuating the flnld Withln the same cumference is made of resilient plate, preferably in `the direction from-the inlet to the outlet open- Corrugated. lng The sold means may he varled, bnl; gen- When two adjacent disks due to the electromo- '25 erally it comprises a plurality of relatively spaced tive 0r electrostatic power therebetween 0r by any 25 disklikemembers,eachcovering the internal crossother means DIOVid'ed fOr the Swinging action Of sectional area of the said body, and each being the Said disks are mOVed together s0 that they provided Wltn o passage for the fluid. contact with each other, a space will naturally be Further means are provided to subject the said formed alOnS the inside edges 0f the hollow disklike members in progressive succession to a body. This Space Will be of no luse, and in order 30 movennenl-l ln the axial direction ln suon a way to reduce the injurious effect ofthe space, the inthat two or three of the said disklike members will vention provides for the arrangement cf a tapered come into close contact with each other, and that Web' extending ffOm the inside 0f the hOllOW bOdy this contact between the dlsklikemembers in a towards the center. having e form corresponding 36 ooterplllorllke movement will travel from the to the form which thev said disks will take when 35 inlet to the outlet end of the body, due to the fact such bending action is present.

that the rearmost disk will be released from the In Order t0 explain the present invention, it

Contact at the some tlme es o new disk Wlll come will in the following be described with reference into contact in the direction of the travel of the t0 the drawings Which diagammaticallyillustrate 4o flnld through-the body ln suon o Way that the gold the invention and some embodiments for the 0 will be forced from the-inlet to the outlet end of Same' the body ln front of the disks, which at any time In the drawings,

are contacting with each other. Fig. 1 illustrates dlagrammaticaliy the prin- According to one embodiment of this invention ClDle which underlies this invention and a diathe sold disks may be mode of resilient metal gram of connection `for the same to an electric 5 plates, clamped in spaced relation to each other SOUlee 0f POWer. to the sides of the body and electrically insulated F18. 2 illustrates one embodiment of the invenas well in relation to the body as to each other, tion in longitudinal cross section.

said disks being adapted to be charged with Fig. 3 illustrates another embodiment in the 50 A. C. E. M. F. of progressive different phase. Vso same cross section and that the electrostatic action will tend to pull some Figs. 4 and 5 further embodiments. of the plates` together in a progressive way from In Fig. 1, 25 denotes the machine according the inlet to the outlet end. according to the to the invention and 28 the electric source of changes in the A. C. power at any time. power. The machine I consists of a hollow body u 21, wherein a number of diaphragms, disks or plates l-24 are arranged. These disks may be of any desired shape, all corresponding to the cross sectional shape of the body 25, although it is natural that a circular shape under most circumstances will be used. The disks I-24 are fixed to the' sides of the body 21 and are electrically insulated in relation to this and to each other. The disks may for this purpose be covered 3y a thin insulated layer of rubber, shellac, enamel or the like. The electric source of power 26 is illustrated with the vectors of E. M. F. which it is adapted to supply.

The machine for supplying this power may very easily be constructed as a phase converter of the stationary type, i. e., a transformer which when fed with a one, twoor three-phase power is adapted to convert this into the number of phases desired.

There is no reason for further describing a machine of this type, as it is generally well known to a man skilled in the art.

Each of the phases of the machine 26 is represented by an arrow, and the phase diierence will be represented by theI angle between the different arrows. When therefore the plates l-24 of the machine 25 are connected to each one of the phases of the source of power as illustrated in Fig. 1, then the contracting action between the plates I-24 will correspond to the phase difierence between the two phases correspondingly connected to the plates which may be illustrated by the difference in distance between the points l-24 on the line 28.

One will here see that the maximum contraction will be present between the plates 1, 8, 9 and i8, i9, 20. These plates will therefore be pulled together, and as the progression of the E. M. F. takes place in the transformer 26, then it may be illustrated as if the transformer 26 were rolling down the sheet, and the contracting power between the plates 6 and 1 will therefore be reduced, while the contracting action between the plates 8 and 9 will b increased; and in the next moment it will be the plates 1, 8, 9 which are contacting with each other, and in the following the plates 8, 9 and l0 and so on, whereby the said caterpillar movements will be produced.

In the plates or disks l-24 there are nonreturn valves as already mentioned, which will be further described with reference to the practical embodiment of the invention which now will be described.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2, the body 26, 21 is held in a frame, comprising a head plate 29 and a bottom plate 30 and a, number of bolts 3l. The disks I-24 are shown attached to the body 21 by being clamped between distance pieces 32 and are provided with apertures 34, arranged staggered in relation to each other. In the head plate 29 an inlet opening 35 is arranged, and in the bottom plate 3U an outlet opening 36 is arranged. Electric conducting means l-24' lead to each of the plates |24, which preferably are covered with electric insulating material, as for instance shellac, enamel, rubber or the like. Between each pair of plates I-24, a wedgelike web 31 is arranged which is adapted to ll out the dead space which would be present, if two plates were bent towards each other and such wedge 31 were not present.

The action of the machine as above described will readily be understood from the description of the illustration in Fig. 1. E. M. F. of dii'lerent phase is fed through the leads l '-2", and as this power is changing, the plates I-Zl will be contracted in groups of two, three or more, whereby the holes 34 will be covered and the nuid in front of such group will be forced towards the outlet end 36, as this group is progressing from the inlet end to the outlet end.

The above example was described with reference to an electrostatic embodiment of the invention. In Fig. 3 the same machine is shown with means for electro-dynamic running of the pump. In this ilgure corresponding reference numerals correspond to the same parts as in Fig. 2. The plates |24 are here made of elastic material as for instance rubber and coils 38 are embedded in the same. When electric power is led to these coils from the transformer 26, Fig. 1, the same action will take place as described with reference to this ligure. The plates |24 are here provided with apertures 34, arranged along the same line; therefore' a thin diaphragm 39 also provided with a hole or aperture I0 is arranged on top of each of the plates i-24, and this diaphragm being of elastic material will act as a valve and provide for the nonreturn action.

'I'he embodiment shown in Fig. 4 illustrates another form for the disks I-24. Here the disks are provided with corrugations 4l along the circumference of the same in order to facilitate the swinging action of the same when working.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 5, the disks l-24 are built up of a middle section of heavy non-resilient material and therearound a. section 42 of thin elastic plate, provided with corrugations. In these two last i'lgures, the remaining reference numerals correspond to the same parts as the reference numerals in Figs. 2 and 3.

I claim:

l. Improvement in a machine for actuating a iiuid comprising a hollow body with inlet and outlet openings and means between said openings for actuating the fluid within the same in the direction from the inlet to the outlet opening, said means comprising a plurality of disklike members relatively spaced in the direction from the inlet to the outlet, and each covering the internal cross-sectional area of the said body and each being provided with a passage for the iluid and means for subjecting the said disklike members in progressive succession to a movement in the axial direction and into contact with the adjacent disk, all for the purpose of establishing a caterpillar movement of the disk assembly, whereby the fluid will be forced to ilow from the inlet to the outlet end.

2. Improvement in a machine for actuating a fluid, comprising a hollow body with inlet and outlet openings and means between said openings for actuating the iluld within the same in the direction from the inlet to the outlet opening, said means comprising a plurality of resilient metal plates relatively spaced ln the direction from the inlet to the outlet, and electrically insulated from each other and from the hollow body, each covering the internal cross-Sectional area of the said body and each being provided with one or more apertures arranged staggered in relation to the corresponding apertures in the adjacent plates, said plates being adapted to be charged with alternating E. M. F. with a progressive phase displacement between adjacent plates in the direction from the inlet to the discharge end, so that the plates, when charged whereby the said apertures in one plate will be.

in succession will move in the axial direction und into contact with an adjacent plate in a caterpillar-like progressive movement, whereby the said apertures in one plate will be covered by the adjacent plate and the fluid will be forced to now from the inlet to the outlet end.

3. Improvement in a machine for actuating a fluid comprising a hollow body with inlet and outlet openings and means between said openings for actuating the iiuid within the same in the direction from the inlet to the outlet opening, said means comprising a plurality of resilient disklike members relatively spaced in the direction from the inlet to the outlet, and each covering the internal cross-sectional area of the body and clampedy to the sides of same, and each being provided with a passage for the iluid, and means for subjecting the said disklike members in progressive succession to a movement in the axial direction and into contact with an adjacent disk. tapered webs being arranged between each pair of disks shaped to correspond to the form of the disks from the sides of the hollow body and to the line of contact between -two adjacent disks, all for the purpose of establishing a caterpillar movement of the disks, whereby the fluidwill ilow from the inlet to the outlet end.

4. Improvement in a machine for actuating a fluid comprising a hollow body with inlet and outlet openings and means between said openings for actuating the uid within the same in the direction from the inlet to the outlet opening, said means comprising a plurality of metal plates, electrically insulated from each other and from the hollow body and relatively spaced in the direction from the inlet to the outlet, and each covering the internal cross-sectional area of the said body and cach being provided. with one or more apertures arranged staggered in relation to the corresponding apertures in the adjacent plates, said plates having corrugations along their circumference to provide resiliency, and being adapted to be charged with alternating E. M. F. with a progressive phase displacement between adjacent plates in the direction from the inlet to the discharge end, so that the plates, when charged in succession will move in the axial direction and into contact with an adjacent plate in a caterpillar-like progressive movement,

covered by the adjacent plate and the fluid will be forced to flow from the inlet to the outlet end.

5. Improvement in a machine for actuating a fluid, comprising a, hollow body with inlet and outlet openings and means between said openings for actuating the uid within the same in the direction from the inlet to the outlet opening, said means comprising a plurality of resilient disklike members relatively spaced in the direction from the inlet to the outlet, and each covering the internal cross-sectional area of the said body and being fastened to same, each being provided with a passage for the fluid, said passage being in the form of a resilient diaphragm or the like in contact with the said disk, said disk and the said diaphragm being provided with apertures not corresponding with each other, and means for subjecting the said disklike members in progressive succession to a movement in the axial direction and into contact with the adjacent disk, said means comprising electriccoils arranged within the said disks and being adapted to be ied with alternating corrent of progressive phase diierence between each disk and the adjacent disk in the feed direction of the machine.

6. Improvement in a machine for actuating a iluid, comprising a hollow body with inlet and outlet openings and means between said openings ior actuating the fluid within the same in the direction from the inlet to the outlet opening, said means comprising a plurality of disklike .members relatively spaced in the direction from the inlet to the outlet', and having corrugations along their circumference to provide resiliency, each covering the internall cross-sectional area of the said body and being fastened to same and being provided with a one-way valve, and means for subjecting the said disklike members in progressive succession to a movement in adjacent disk in the feed direction of the machine, all for the purpose of establishing a caterpillar movement of the disks, whereby the uid Dwill ow from the inlet to the outlet end.

7. Improvement in a machine for actuating a tiuid,` comprising a hollow body with inlet and outlet openings and means between said openings for actuating the fluid within the same in the direction from the inlet to the outlet opening, said means comprising a plurality of metal plates relatively spaced in the direction from the inlet t'o the outlet, and electrically insulated from each other and from the hollow body and clamped to the latter, each covering the internal cross-sectional area of the said body and each being provided with one or more apertures arranged staggered in relation to the corresponding apertures in the adjacent' plates, tapered webs being arranged between each pair of disks shaped to correspond to the form of the disksA from the sides of the hollow body and to the line of contact between two adjacent disks, said plates being adapted to be charged with alternating E. M, F. with a progressive phase displacement between adjacent plates in the direction from the inlet to the discharge end, so that the plates when charged in succession will move progressively in the axial direction and into contact with an adjacent disk, in a caterpillar-like movement, whereby the said apertures in one disk will be covered by the adjacent disk, and the uid will be forced to ow from the inlet to the outlet end.

8. Improvement in a machine for actuating ar` huid, comprising a hollow body with inlet'and outlet openings and means between said openings for actuating the fluid within the same in the direction from the inlet te the outlet opening, said means comprisinga plurality of disklike members relatively spaced in the direction from the inlet to the outlet, and each covering the internal cross-sectional area of the said body and each being provided with a one-way valve, and means for subjecting the said disklike members in progressive -succession to a movement in the axial direction and into contact with an adjacent disk, said means comprising an electric phase converter, adapted to change the number of phase in an A. C. distributing system to a number corresponding to the number of plates in question, and means for distributing these phases of E. M. F. to the said disklike members,

all for the purpose of establishing a caterpillar u movement of the disks, whereby the duid will dow from the inlet to the outlet end.

9. Improvement in a machine for actuating a duid, comprising a hollow body with inlet and outlet openings and means between said openingsfor actuating the fluid within the same in the direction from the inlet to the outlet opening, said means comprising a plurality of diskllke members relatively spaced in the direction from the inlet to the outlet, and having a relatively stid central portion and a corrugated elastic portion between this and the walls of the body, so that the internal crosssectional area of the said body is covered, each oi the disks being provided with a passage for the duid, and means for subjecting the said disklike members in progressive succession to a movement in the axial direction and into Contact with an adjacent disk, all for the purpose of establishing a caterpillar movement of the disks, whereby the duid will flow from the inlet to the outlet end.

l0. Improvement in a machine for actuating a duid, comprising a Working chamber and actuating means in said chamber, said means comprising a number of working members arranged in series in relation to the desired direction of movement of the duid and means for subjecting said members to a progressive oscillating movement with a. phase displacement in relation to each other.

11. Improvement in a machine for actuating a duid. comprising a working chamber and actuating means in said chamber, said actuating means comprising a plurality of swinging plates arranged spaced from each other in the direction of the desired movement of the duid adapted, when swinging in progressive recession, to contact face to face with each other and provided with in relation to each arranged apertures which will be covered by the unbroken face oi the adjacent plates.

12. Improvement in a machine for actuating a duid, comprising a working chamber and actuating means in said chamber, said means comprising a number o! working members adapted to be subjected to a swinging movement and arranged in series in relation to the desired direction of movement of the duid in such a way that they in progression will actuate the said duid.

13. Improvement in a machine i'or actuating a duid, comprising a working chamber and actuating means in said chamber, said means comprising a number of working members arranged in series in relation to the desired direction of movement o! the duid and adapted to be subjected to a swinging movement in progressive succession.

NILS NILSEN STRAATVEIT. 

